Combined carriage-lamp and foot-warmer.



No. 659,279. Patented Oct. 9, I900. J. B. BARTHOLOMEW. COMBINED CARRIAGE LAMP AND FOOT WARMER. (Application filed Juno 9, 1899.) (No Model.)

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JOHN B. BARTHOLOMEW, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED CARRIAGE-LAMP AND FOOT-WARMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,279, dated October 9, 1900. Applicati fil d Tune 2, 1899. Serial No. 719,094. (No model-J T0 ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN B. BARTHOLOMEW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State-of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Carriage-Lam p and Foot-Warmer; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined carriage-lamp and foot-warmer; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide simple and effective means whereby a continuous warmth at'little expense may be supplied to the feet of the occupant of the vehicle and in which the arrangement is such as to provide a light whose rays may be directed onto the road in advance of the vehicle. This object is attained by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, showing my improved device mounted on the body of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, the bottom of the body of the vehicle being in transverse section. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. at is an enlarged detail of one end of the Warming-chamber, showing a cold-air damper therein.

Referring to the letters of reference, Adesignates the ordinary vehicle-body. B designates the warming-chamber, which is located upon the bottom of the vehicle-body adjacent to the dashboard A and is provided with a flue B, leading therefrom. The top of the warming-chamber, as well as the exterior of said fine, is covered with a layer of asbestos or other non-combustible material a. Projecting downward from the bottom of said chamber is a thimble O, which passes through the bottom of the vehicle-body and is provided with an exterior covering of asbestos a. Said thimble communicates with the warming-chamber B and receives into its lower end the conical flue 0, leading from the combustion-chamber D. This chamber is formed by a suitable housing D, attached by suitable supports to the under face of the bottom of the vehicle-bed.

Attached to and depending from the sides of the inclosure forming the combustionchamber'are the brackets 19, which support the reservoir E, adapted to contain gasolene or other illuminating-oils; top of said reservoir is a threaded boss, onto which is screwed a cap b, having an-angular tube F attached thereto which projects upward into the combustion-chamber D and carries upon its upperend a burner 0. Passing through said tube and communicating with the burner is a wick 0, through which oil is conveyed to maintain the flame in the burner.

The reservoir E is removable together with the tube F, supporting the burner. To enable the tube and burner to be withdrawn from the combustion-chamber, the case D thereof is provided with a hinged door D, which is adapted to be raised, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, to permit of the withdrawal of said tube and burner when it is desired to remove the reservoir E for refilling or other purposes. The door D is provided with a slotted opening 6 in its lower edge, which embraces the tube'F and permits the door to swing downward over said tube when closing. Said door is locked when closed by means of a hinged bar e, which swings across said door and is locked by a suitable catch 6.

To provide for closing the slotted opening 6 in the lower edge of the door when closed, the tube F is provided with a collar f, from which depends a plate f, (shown in Fig. 3,) which extends over said opening.

The inclosing case D of the combustionchamber is preferably made of tin, and in the side of said case opposite the door D is a removable slide G, which when withdrawn exposes a sheet of mica H or other transparent non combustible substance which is mounted in the case D, through which the light from the flame of the burner radiates and illuminates the road in advance of the vehicle. When using the vehicle in the daytime, the slide G is left in place, as no light is then required. At night the slide G is Formed on the 4 verse partition L.

withdrawn, when the device serves as a light without detracting in any sense from its efliciency as a foot-warmer.

It will be understood that the caloric current generated by the burner 0 will pass upward from the combustion-chamber through the conical flue 0 leading therefrom and from said flue through the thimble G into the warming-chamber B, thence upward through the flue B, by which arrangement a rapid circulation of the heating agent is being maintained and suificient draft is provided to properly support the burner-flame.

I designates a guard or fender which projects over the burner-flame and holds the robes from contact with the flue B. The warming-chamber B by means of the passage of the caloric current therethrough becomes sufficiently heated to keep the feet of the occupant perfectly warm, even in very cold weather. It is designed that the feet of the occupant be placed upon the inclosing case of the warming-chamber, resting upon the asbestos covering a.

To prevent the warming-chamber from becoming too Warm,a cold-air slide J is provided in one end thereof, as shown in Fig.4, adapted to close an opening J through the bottom of said chamber, from which leads a tube K, (shown in Figsl and 2,)which passes through the bottom of the vehicle-body. By opening this slide through the means of the projecting handle gcold air is admitted to the warming-chamber, so that its temperature may be regulated as desired.

The end of the warming-chamber containing the cold-air opening J is divided from the remaining portion of the chamber by a trans- This partition, however, does not reach entirely to the top of the warming-chamber, so that there is a small space above said partition for the passage of the cold air into the body of the warming-chamber proper. This arrangement prevents the warming-chamber from cooling too quickly upon the opening of the cold-air ingress.

Upon referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the warming-chamber is composed of an exteriorcase M,comprising the bottom and sides, and an interior case fitting therein comprising the top and the flue B, by which arrangement the parts of the warming-chamber may be readily separated for any purpose and easily and quickly put together.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with the vehicle-body, of the warming-chamber located therein, the combustion-chamber located below the body and communicating with the warming-chamber, the fuel-reservoir mounted on the exterior of the combustion-cl1amber,the wick-tube passing from the reservoir into the combustion-chamber and the burner located within the combustion-chamber and communicating with said exterior reservoir through said wicktube.

2. The combination with the vehicle-body, of the warming-chamber located therein, the combustionchamber communicating with the warming-chamber, the fuel-reservoir located adjacent to the combustion-chamber but distinct therefrom, the wick-tube communicating with the fuel-reservoir extending into the combustion-chamber, and the burner upon said tube within said chamber.

3. The combination with the vehicle-body, the warming-chamber composed of two parts the one within the other, the flue leading from said chamber, the thimble passing through the bottom of the vehicle-body and entering the warming-chamber, the combustion-chamber communicating with said thimble, and the burner within said combustion-chamber.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN B. BARTHOLOMEVV.

Witnesses:

EDGAR S. WHEELER, M. A. MARTIN. 

